1922.] diirhii/ the First Mt. Everest K.rpedil'iou. 50'.' 



A nest o£ this Accoiitor was found by Mr. Wliymper in 

 tho Nilii Valley, Garliwal, at 15,000 ft., and in June 

 Dr. Longstaft' shot a specimen at the same elevation near 

 Jolior. Kumaon. but he does not say whether it was breeding 

 or not. 



[Generally distributed on the main range about 15,000 ft. 

 Two of these birds were observed creeping about crevasses 

 of a glacier at an altitude of about 21.000 ft. E. Mt. Everest. 

 —A. F. R. W.] 



Prunella fulvescens fulvescens (Severtz.). 



233 S IC.7.21, 2\\i:> c? 15.7.21, Nyenyam 13,500 ft.; 

 269 o 9.8.21 Kharta 12,000 ft. 



According to Colonel Walton this Accentor breeds at 

 Gyantse, but is not found at Juna, just nortli of the Chumbi 

 Valley, in the winter. 



Prunella strophiatus strophiatus (Blytli). 



244 J, 245 imm. 18.7.21 Nyenyam 14,000 ft.; 255 ^ 

 26.7.21 Lepitu Rang 15,500 ft. 



The Rufous-breasted Accentor was described by Blytli 

 from Nepal, and during the breeding-season is found from 

 southern Tibet and Sikkim to Garliwal, where Mr. B. B. 

 Osmaston recentl}' recorded it nesting in the Gerthi Valley 

 on the Tibetan border at 13,500 ft. West of that it is 

 replaced by another form. P. s. jerdoni, which ranges to 

 Gilgit, but both races are found in the winter in Simla and 

 Kumaon. 



Prunella rubeculoides (j\Ioore). 



216 ? 10.7.21 Tingi 14,000 ft. ; 258 cT 28.7.21 Fuse La 

 16,500 ft.; 345 S 9.9.21, 360 S 16.9.21 E. Everest 

 17,000 ft. 



This Accentor is widely distributed and extends from 

 Kashmir to Kansu. Colonel Walton says it was common 

 throughout southern Tibet, and in the begining of .July 

 Colonel Bailey found it nesting near Dochen at an elevation 

 of 15,500 ft. 



